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yes, in my lease it states the tenant needs to maintain the garden within applicable laws etc. Apparently it is law they are required to do. Really, if a tenant doesn't want a garden, why rent a place with one.. just get a unit.

I agree, if you dont want a back yard, rent a unit. I would have thought that renting a nice well kept place is to the benefit of the tenant. Whats the point of renting a house with long grass with everything dead in it. Plus I would assume this tenant wants to be a longer term tenant who had a...

thanks guys. So why is damage to the psychical house considered different to damage to the garden? Tenants are not allowed to put a nail in the wall for paintings, yet are allowed to cut trees, damage trees etc... as I said, I'm not talking about watering the garden, i'm talking about...

so a tenant can get a chain saw and cut down trees in your property without your permission?

All the stories here about the lack of care. I didn't expect the trees to be watered or cared for. What my point is that they destroyed the trees by ring barking them. This isn't a maintenance issue, but its a damage caused issue. If they rip a hole into your wall in a bedroom with a...

so lets get this clear, the tenant can psychically damage vegetation on the property, and not be liable for it?

yeh that's what I was thinking of doing now.

When I purchased my IP nearly 12 months ago, I planted 13 fruit trees in the back yard because one day I plan to live there. Hence a couple years would pass and the trees would grow. To my disappointment, when I attended the property recently to attend to some maintenance, I found at 10 of...